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COVID will continue to spread as people mix and travel – WHO

GENEVA (Reuters) - The SARS-CoV-2 virus will continue to spread intensely as societies return to the social mixing and mobility of a pre-pandemic period, the World Health Organisation's (WHO) emergency…

Germans, Austrians line up for shots as COVID cases soar across Europe

By Emma Thomasson and Francois Murphy BERLIN/VIENNA (Reuters) -Germans and Austrians are rushing to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as infections soar across Europe and governments impose restrictions on the…

Factbox-Top pain points between U.S. and China as Xi, Biden meet

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will hold an online meeting on Monday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the most extensive leader-level talks between the two nations under the…

India and World Bank sign agreement to strengthen health systems in Meghalaya

Government of India, the Government of Meghalaya and the World Bank signed a $40 million health project for the state of Meghalaya on 28th October 2021. project will improve the quality…

EU leaders’ chairman cautiously optimistic on global treaty on pandemics

ROME (Reuters) - The chairman of European Union leaders said on Friday he was cautiously optimistic about the prospects of a global treaty on future pandemics, with the World Health…

G20 wants 70% of world vaccinated by mid-2022, sets up pandemic task force

By Jan Strupczewski and Andrea Shalal ROME (Reuters) -Finance and health ministers from the world's 20 biggest economies (G20) said on Friday they would take steps to ensure 70% of…

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now

(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Singapore looking into unusual surge after record cases Singapore's health ministry said it is looking into an…

U.S., Indonesia call for new G20 forum to prepare for next pandemic

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's biggest economies should create a forum to facilitate global coordination for the next pandemic, as well as a new financing facility to…

PM Modi addresses the nation on achieving the milestone of 100 crore vaccinations

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the nation on achieving the milestone of 100 crore vaccinations. Addressing the nation, the Prime Minister lauded the difficult but remarkable feat of administering…

Two northern Chinese areas enforce lockdown in COVID-19 outbreak

BEIJING (Reuters) -China reported nine new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases on Oct. 18, the highest daily tally since the end of September, with the latest outbreak prompting two northern border…

At 87%, India has the highest FinTech adoption rate in the world against the global average of 64%

The Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs & Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal has said India is poised to become one of the largest…

Emerging geopolitical situation in our neighbourhood is likely to pose new challenges to border guarding forces: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu

The Vice President, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu today said the emerging geopolitical situation in our neighbourhood is likely to pose new challenges to the border guarding forces and expressed confidence…